2023 Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling is the 254th most popular major in the country with 5,433 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 951 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great substance abuse/addiction counseling programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the substance abuse/addiction counseling program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying substance abuse/addiction counseling.

Top 2 Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

The College at Brockport
Brockport, New York

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$48,926 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The College at Brockport landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Brockport is a medium-sized school located in Brockport, New York that handed out 15 bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2020-2021.

SUNY Brockport did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, The College at Brockport supports 7,592 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full The College at Brockport Veteran Student Life Report

2

Alvernia University
Reading, Pennsylvania

63 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alvernia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s substance abuse/addiction counseling students in 2020-2021.

Alvernia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 2,560 students enrolled at Alvernia University, 63 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 32 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,688. On top of their other funding sources, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Alvernia Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.